Julius Randle and Wayne Ellington had 17 points apiece and the visiting New York Knicks extended their season-best winning streak to four games by slipping past the Detroit Pistons 95-92 on Saturday.
Taj Gibson and Bobby Portis scored 11 points apiece and Elfrid Payton had 10 points, nine rebounds and six assists for New York. The Knicks outrebounded Detroit 47-28, including a 16-3 advantage in offensive rebounds.
Reggie Jackson led the Pistons with 20 points and nine assists. Christian Wood had 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Tony Snell and John Henson contributed 12 points apiece. Henson was making his Detroit debut after being acquired from Cleveland on Thursday.
Henson made all five of his field-goal attempts in the first half as Detroit led 50-48 at halftime.
The Knicks tied it at 58-all just over five minutes into the second half. The Pistons scored the next seven points, capped by a Wood fast-break dunk.
New York knotted the game again at 67 before the quarter with a 6-0 spurt, including a pair of Portis baskets.
A 7-1 Detroit run gave it an 84-77 advantage. Jackson made a layup, Snell converted in the lane and Wood drained a corner 3-pointer off a Snell feed during that span.
New York came right back with nine unanswered points to regain the lead. Randle made a layup, then tossed an alley oop for a Mitchell Robinson dunk. Ellington knocked a 3-pointer and Payton converted a layup to put New York in front 86-84.
The game remained nip and tuck. Payton hit a floater with 1:29 to go for a 91-89 Knicks lead. Jackson missed a layup on Detroit's next possession.
New York missed its next two shots but retained possession with offensive rebounds. Randle then scored in the lane with 13.5 seconds left.
Wood heaved in a 3-pointer before New York's Reggie Bullock knocked down two free throws with 7.3 seconds left. Jackson's 3-point attempt on the Pistons' last possession bounced off the rim.
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Christian Wood scored 22 points off the bench, Tim Frazier had 17 points and six assists, and the host Detroit Pistons snapped a five-game losing streak by blasting the Washington Wizards 132-102 on Thursday.
Derrick Rose contributed 15 points and six assists, Blake Griffin had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Andre Drummond supplied 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Pistons.
Bruce Brown and Svi Mykhailiuk added 12 points apiece, and Tony Snell chipped in 10.
The Pistons shot 53.5 percent from the field.
Anzejs Pasecniks topped the Wizards with 17 points while Bradley Beal and Jordan McRae had 15 points apiece. Troy Brown Jr. contributed 13 points, and Gary Payton II, signed less than a week ago, added 10 points.
The Wizards were held to 41.3 percent shooting.
Washington won at Detroit 133-119 on Dec. 16, but the Pistons dominated this game virtually from the start.
The Pistons learned earlier in the day that starting swingman Luke Kennard would miss at least the next two weeks due to knee tendinitis.
The Wizards have been ravaged by injuries, and guard Isaiah Thomas was serving the second game of a two-game, NBA-issued suspension for confronting a fan in the stands.
The Pistons opened up a 20-point lead by halftime, 68-48.
Drummond led the way with 12 first-half points, including a tip-in right before the second-quarter buzzer. Bruce Brown scored 10 points and Griffin added eight before halftime.
The Pistons shot 55.6 percent and made just three turnovers in the first half. Washington also committed only three turnovers but shot 38 percent.
Detroit extended its lead to 26 early in the third when Mykhailiuk hit a 3-pointer, Griffin blocked an Admiral Schofield shot and Frazier followed with another long ball.
Frazier's 3-pointer midway through the quarter upped Detroit's advantage to 89-60. Griffin nudged the lead to 30 on a layup with 5:13 left in the quarter.
The Pistons carried a 106-76 lead into the fourth quarter.
Detroit now heads out on a six-game road trip, its longest of the season, beginning with a Saturday game at San Antonio. Washington plays its next six games at home, starting Saturday against the New York Knicks.
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Bradley Beal poured in 35 points and dished out 10 assists and the Washington Wizards snapped a four-game losing streak by pulling away from the host Detroit Pistons, 133-119, on Monday.
Isaiah Thomas, who missed the previous five games with a calf strain, supplied 23 points. Davis Bertans contributed 17 points off the bench while Ish Smith had 10 points and seven assists. Troy Brown Jr. added 10 points and six rebounds for Washington.
Markieff Morris had 22 points and five rebounds for the Pistons. Derrick Rose contributed 22 points, six rebounds and eight assists, while Bruce Brown had 20 points. Luke Kennard added 14 points, six rebounds and six assists.
Detroit's frontcourt stars missed the game. Andre Drummond, the league's leading rebounder, sat out for the second straight game due to left eye inflammation related to an allergic reaction. Blake Griffin was sidelined by left knee soreness. He has appeared in only 14 of the team's 27 games.
Washington's rookie forward Rui Hachimura sat out the second half with a groin contusion.
The Wizards entered the game ranked last in the league in points allowed and opponents' field-goal percentage. Washington won the first meeting between the teams, 115-99, on November 4.
Detroit had gone 6-3 at home against the Wizards since the 2014-15 season.
Beal scored 21 first-half points as Washington led, 67-61, at halftime.
The Wizards attacked the Pistons' depleted frontcourt from the start, piling up 10 layups or dunks in the first quarter alone while scoring 43 points in the quarter. That total was the most Detroit has allowed in any quarter this season.
The Wizards led by as much as 16 in the second quarter but the Pistons chipped away as four of their players had at least nine first-half points, led by Morris' 13.
Washington increased the lead to 10, 89-79, with 3:33 left in the third quarter on Admiral Schofield's 3-pointer.
Schofield was whistled for a Flagrant Foul 1 later in the quarter when he tried to block a Christian Wood dunk attempt. Rose scored seven points late the quarter to cut Washington's advantage to 96-91 entering the fourth.
Rose's layup with 8:18 remaining made it 102-99. Beal hit two free throws with 5:20 remaining to increased Washington's lead to six, 114-108.
Beal hit a jumper with less than four minutes to go to make it 119-111. He dunked with 3:16 left for a 121-113 Wizards lead. Bertans converted a four-point play moments later, extending Washington's lead to 12 points.
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Steven Adams had 21 points and six rebounds in 27 minutes, and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder snapped the Detroit Pistons' five-game winning streak with a 110-83 thumping on Monday.
Russell Westbrook contributed 18 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Thunder, who have gone 15-3 since an 0-4 start. Paul George supplied 17 points and 10 rebounds, Jerami Grant had 15 points, and Dennis Schroder racked up 12 points, nine rebounds and six assists.
Nerlens Noel added 12 points and eight rebounds for Oklahoma City, which shot 50.6 percent from the field.
Detroit's Blake Griffin had 20 points, five rebounds and four assists but went 7-for-18 from the field. Andre Drummond had 13 points and six rebounds, and Jon Leuer chipped in 12 points off the bench. The Pistons were held to 33 percent shooting.
Detroit shooting guard Reggie Bullock sustained a left ankle sprain in the early going and did not return.
The Thunder outscored the Pistons 37-19 during the third quarter to turn the game into a rout. Oklahoma City reeled off 10 unanswered points midway through the period to gain a 19-point lead.
Adams started it off with a hook shot. Westbrook followed with a pullup jumper and a three-point play. George completed the outburst with a 3-pointer to make it 68-49.
The Thunder had another 10-0 spurt later in the quarter as their lead to grew to 29. Westbrook got it going with a layup. George then had an assist and a dunk.
Westbrook added a free throw and an assist before the Pistons finally answered. Oklahoma City's lead was 87-59 after three quarters.
The Thunder led 50-40 at halftime as they held Detroit to a season low in first-half points.
Oklahoma City forced the Pistons to take tough, contested shots, and Detroit made just 17 of 49 field-goal attempts (34.7 percent) before the break. Griffin scored 15 first-half points while Adams led the thunder with 14.
Westbrook had five turnovers but the Thunder still shot 51.2 percent before halftime.
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Blake Griffin scored 30 points and the Detroit Pistons continued their success at home over the New York Knicks with a 115-108 victory on Tuesday night.
Griffin produced his sixth 30-point game of the season as Detroit shot 47.5 percent, controlled the paint by a 56-38 margin and posted its fourth straight home win.
Reserve Stanley Johnson and starter Reggie Jackson contributed 21 points apiece as the Pistons also won for the seventh time in their last nine games overall.
Rookie Allonzo Trier led the Knicks with 24 points and 10 rebounds off the bench but New York saw a three-game winning streak end and was unable to pull off a second straight road comeback after beating Memphis on Sunday.
Tim Hardaway Jr. added 19, Damyean Dotson finished with 17 while Enes Kanter contributed 16 and 14 rebounds as the Knicks shot 39.6 percent and missed 18 of 27 3-point attempts.
The Pistons began taking control late in the first quarter by closing out the period with a 10-2 run. The Knicks were down five early in the second but the Pistons took their first double-digit lead on a Jackson layup with about seven minutes left and opened a 46-30 lead on Jackson's 3-pointer two minutes later.
By halftime, New York was within 51-43 after Hardaway beat the buzzer with a fadeaway jumper. The Knicks were within 74-68 on a layup by Kanter with 95 seconds left in the third but Detroit held an 81-70 lead into the fourth.
Detroit took a 91-74 lead on a layup by Ish Smith with about nine minutes remaining but the Knicks continued to hang around as Griffin returned.
Upon returning, Griffin executed a nifty up-and-under move on Noah Vonleh for a layup and a 100-88 lead with 6:03 remaining. Then he made the feed to Jackson, who lobbed an alley-oop for a Drummond dunk to make it 104-88 with 4:47 left.
New York mounted one last comeback attempt, getting within 110-103 on a 3-pointer by Dotson with 57 seconds left. After Griffin missed a layup, Johnson chased down Trier, blocked the layup attempt with 32 seconds left and Detroit iced the game with five free throws.
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Andre Drummond had 23 points,16 rebounds and three blocks to boost the Detroit Pistons past the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 113-102 on Monday night.
Blake Griffin had 21 points, 12 rebounds and five assists and Reggie Bullock contributed 21 points and four assists for the Pistons, who led by as much as 30. Reggie Jackson added 13 points and Ish Smith tossed in 11 off the bench.
Both teams were coming off long layoffs. Neither had played since Wednesday and the time off refreshed Detroit, which led by 20 at halftime.
The Cavaliers had six players in double figures, led by rookie Collin Sexton's 18 points and four assists. Jordan Clarkson had 16 points, four rebounds and four assists. Ante Zizic and Rodney Hood chipped in 12 points apiece.
The Pistons had three players in double figures by halftime as they rolled to 66-46 lead. Drummond led the way with 13 points, while Griffin had 12 and Bullock tossed in 10.
Detroit had a 24-10 run in the first quarter while establishing a 38-27 lead.
Cleveland went scoreless for the first five minutes of the second quarter as the Pistons increased their lead to 49-27. Reserve forward Stanley Johnson had seven points and an assist during that stretch.
A Sexton 3-pointer pulled the Cavs within 14 points at 56-42, but that's as close as Cleveland came for the remainder of the half. Bullock hit a three in the final second to push the lead to 20.
Glenn Robinson III and Jackson made 3-pointers to start the second half and extend the Detroit advantage to 72-46.
Bullock's 3-pointer with 5:44 remaining in the quarter maintained the 26-point advantage at 87-61. Less than two minutes later, Griffin made two free throws to stretch Detroit's advantage to 30.
Detroit started to lose focus later in the quarter and the Cavs climbed back with an 18-2 run. Clarkson converted a four-point play with 8:09 remaining to cut their deficit to 14, 95-81. Cleveland never got closer than 11.
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Andre Drummond recorded the 20th 20-20 game of the career and the Detroit Pistons won for the fifth time in six games by downing the Washington Wizards 103-92 victory on Thursday night at Little Caesars Arena.
Drummond powered for 24 points and 23 rebounds as the Detroit averted a four-game sweep in the season series.
Anthony Tolliver and Reggie Bullock had 14 points apiece and Reggie Jackson contributed 13 points and eight assists.
Pistons power forward Blake Griffin was a late scratch due to a right ankle contusion. Griffin missed his first game since joining the team in late January after a blockbuster trade with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Second-year forward Henry Ellenson picked up some of Griffin's minutes and chipped in nine points and five rebounds off the bench.
Bradley Beal led Washington, which has lost four of five, with 15 points but also committed six turnovers.
Kelly Oubre Jr. had 14 points, Markieff Morris supplied 11 points, six rebounds, five assists and four blocks, and Tomas Satoransky added 11 points and six assists for the Wizards.
Marcin Gortat chipped in a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Wizards forward Otto Porter suffered a sprained right ankle early in the third quarter and did not return.
All-Star point guard John Wall was active and in uniform for the first time since undergoing left knee surgery in late January but, as expected, did not play. He missed his 27th consecutive game.
The score was tied at 49-all at halftime. The Pistons scored the first five points of the second half and steadily built their lead throughout the quarter.
Detroit outscored Washington 32-17 to carry an 81-66 advantage into the fourth quarter.
Drummond led a 12-2 run during the final three minutes of the third. He had a dunk, two layups and three rebounds during that stretch while Ish Smith contributed two baskets and an assist.
The Wizards chipped away and trailed by just six when Oubre made a layup with 6:10 left. A Satoransky layup less than a minute later made it a four-point spread.
Layups by Bullock and Jackson, sandwiching a Washington turnover, gave Detroit a 95-87 lead. Jackson hit a jumper on the Pistons' next possession for a double-digit advantage.
Washington never got closer than seven the rest of the way.
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Daniel Theis scored a career-high 19 points and the Boston Celtics used a strong effort from its bench to snap a three-game losing streak, topping the Detroit Pistons 110-98 on Friday night.
Theis was one of four Boston reserves to reach double figures. Marcus Morris had 15 points, Marcus Smart tossed in 12 and Terry Rozier chipped in 11 as the Celtics bench outscored its counterparts 65-21.
Smart had missed the previous 11 games with right hand lacerations.
Kyrie Irving led Boston's first unit with 18 points, five rebounds and six assists. Jayson Tatum contributed 15 points in the first game for both clubs since the All-Star break.
Ish Smith led the Pistons with 20 points and six assists. Blake Griffin scored 17 points but shot 5 for 19 from the field and committed six turnovers. Andre Drummond added 15 points and 17 rebounds.
Boston made 17 of 39 3-point tries, while Detroit knocked down just 10 of 33.
The Celtics outscored the Pistons 38-21 in the second quarter to gain a 61-49 halftime lead. Boston did a majority of its damage in the first half from outside.
It made 11 of 21 3-point attempts, while Detroit connected on 6 of 15 attempts from beyond the arc.
Theis, an undrafted rookie from Germany, equaled his career high by halftime with 12 points. He made both of his threes and a putback layup during a 13-5 Boston run to close out the half.
The Pistons didn't have anyone in double figures before the break.
Detroit tightened its defense and chipped away in the third, pulling within four points. Boston scored seven unanswered points late in the quarter, including five by Irving, to make it 86-75.
James Ennis' dunk lowered Detroit's deficit to single digits entering the fourth quarter.
The Pistons then went scoreless for more than 4 1/2 minutes at the start of the fourth as the Celtics extended their lead to 16. Morris hit a 3-pointer and Smart converted two layups for a 93-77 lead.
Morris drained another three midway through the quarter to nudge the lead to 20, 99-79.
Boston clinched the season series 2-1.
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Blake Griffin posted 21 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and the Detroit Pistons stretched their winning streak to four games by pulling away from the visiting Portland Trail Blazers for a 111-91 victory Monday night.
Detroit reached the .500 mark and is 3-0 since Griffin joined the starting lineup. The five-time All-Star was acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers a week ago.
A handful of other Pistons also reached double figures. Andre Drummond racked up 17 points, 17 rebounds and five assists, and Anthony Tolliver scored 13 of his 15 points during the fourth quarter. Langston Galloway and Reggie Bullock supplied 13 points each, and rookie Luke Kennard tossed in 12.
"This is the perfect time for us to try to make our run, right before the All-Star break," Galloway said in a postgame TV interview. "A lot of teams are trying to separate right now, so we've got to keep battling, keep getting wins and finish out this stretch."
Damian Lillard's 20 points led the Trail Blazers, who lost on a buzzer-beating shot at Boston on Sunday. CJ McCollum had 14 points, Pat Connaughton added 11 and Jusuf Nurkic chipped in 10 for Portland.
The Pistons shot 50.6 percent from the field while holding the Blazers to 39.4 percent shooting. Detroit had a 51-44 rebounding edge and assisted in 36 of its 44 field goals.
Griffin scored 15 first-half points, including a layup in the closing seconds to give Detroit a 49-43 halftime advantage. Drummond and Bullock scored 10 points apiece before the break, while Napier led the Blazers with eight points.
The Pistons increased their lead to 75-57 with a 14-2, third-quarter run. Stanley Johnson scored five points during that stretch and Kennard capped it off with a 3-pointer.
Portland finished the quarter with a 10-4 spurt, including five points from Lillard, to make it 79-67 heading into the fourth.
The Blazers were unable to get the deficit under double digits. When Drummond hit two free throws with 6:56 remaining, Detroit's margin was up to 20 at 94-74.
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LOS ANGELES -- The Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics avenged a November loss to Detroit on Sunday, handing the slumping Pistons a sixth straight NBA defeat 91-81.
Al Horford scored 18 points, handed out six assists and pulled down nine rebounds for the Celtics.
Kyrie Irving, able to play without the protective mask he had worn since suffering a facial fracture on November 10, added 16 points and Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown chipped in 12 apiece for Boston, who were beaten on their home court by the Pistons on November 27.
Detroit scored a season-low in points and shot a season-worst 33.3 percent from the field, connecting on just 28 of their 84 attempts.
The Pistons' skid is their longest since they dropped 10 straight in February and March of 2015.
In addition to avenging last month's defeat, the Celtics bounced back from a disappointing loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday -- when Argentinian veteran Manu Ginobili drained a three-pointer with five-seconds to play to give the Spurs a 105-102 win.
But the Celtics didn't make it easy on themselves.
Up by 16 with less than nine minutes to play, Boston saw the Pistons score 12 straight points to close the gap.
Brown, Horford and rookie Jason Tatum scored on three of the Celtics' next four possessions, however, to rebuild Boston's lead.
Boston complete a back-to-back against the Bulls in Chicago on Monday.
Prior to the game, Celtics coach Brad Stevens addressed the possibility that Gordon Hayward, who suffered a grisly broken leg and dislocated left ankle in a season-opening loss at Cleveland, might return this season.
"We're not planning on him," Stevens said, adding that the team's goal is for Hayward to be "fully healthy" when he returns.
Even so, Stevens was heartened by Hayward's comments to the Boston Globe saying he hadn't given up on the idea of returning this season.
"It's definitely in the back of my mind," Hayward told the newspaper, although he added: "Coming back early and hurting something else is not part of that plan. So I'm making sure that if I come back, I'm 1,000 percent confident in myself and my leg."
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LOS ANGELES, United States - Reggie Jackson made two clutch three pointers down the stretch as the Detroit Pistons won their fourth straight with a 111-104 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.
Jackson had 22 points and six assists for the Pistons, who gave away a 19-point lead before regaining control in front of a crowd of 16,600 at Little Caesars Arena.
Andre Drummond had 16 points, 20 rebounds and a career-high seven assists for Detroit, who improved to 9-3 on the season.
Avery Bradley tallied 20 points and Tobias Harris finished with 16 points and eight rebounds. Ish Smith came off the bench to finish with 17 points and five assists.
Kent Bazemore had 22 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Hawks (2-10). Dennis Schroder scored 17 points and 11 assists, John Collins tossed in 16 points and eight rebounds, Dewayne Dedmon added 13 points and nine rebounds and Marco Bellinelli chipped in 14 points.
Detroit led 76-69 heading into the fourth. The Hawks closed the gap to five early in the quarter and once again midway through after Bazemore made a jumper.
Bazemore's three-pointer from the top of the key and another from the wing tied it 94-94 with 3:49 left.
The teams traded scores until Jackson's three with 52.3 seconds left put the Pistons on top 103-100. Following Bellinelli's miss, Bradley made a free throw and collected the rebound after missing the second try. Jackson then drained another key three-pointer to clinch the win.
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WASHINGTON -- Australia's Ben Simmons set himself beyond such NBA immortals as Michael Jordan and Lebron James with a triple double on Monday in only his fourth league contest for the Philadelphia 76ers.
The 21-year-old from Melbourne, last year's NBA Draft top pick who missed all of last season with a right foot injury, scored 21 points, grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and passed out a game-high 10 assists for the Sixers in a 97-86 triumph at Detroit.
"I felt like I needed to just kind of take over and find guys and make plays," Simmons said.
Simmons became the first NBA player in 50 years to manage a triple double -- double-digit game production in three statistical categories -- within his first four league starts.
And he's only the third NBA player to manage the achievement, joining Art "Hambone" Williams of the 1967-68 San Diego Rockets and Oscar Robertson of the 1960 Cincinnati Royals.
Each of those players went on to become an NBA champion, Robertson with Milwaukee in 1971 and Williams with Boston in 1974.
The Aussie is also only the second player to open his NBA career with four double doubles, matching Robertson from 57 years ago.
Cameroon big man Joel Embiid scored 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the 76ers, who took their first win of the season after three defeats.
"I'm just glad we won, honestly," said Simmons. "That means so much more than stats for me.
"It's awesome to have a triple-double but at the same time, it's even better to win, especially with these guys and a young team like this."
Simmons is averaging 15.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and 6.0 assists through his first four NBA games.
"Him with the ball, able to do the things he does, produces a lot of these mismatches and numbers," 76ers coach Brett Brown said. "We were able to post him -- he's able to see over pick-and-rolls -- and you see how gifted he is in early offense and the open court.
"He has got that breakaway speed that's jaw-dropping. And he's 6-foot-10 (2.03m). That stat line, we were kind of seeing snapshots of that the first three games. It just seems a lot more special when it's associated with a win."
- Warriors romp at Dallas -
Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry scored a game-high 29 points while Kevin Durant added 25 points and Klay Thompson had 21 as the defending champion Golden State Warriors improved to 2-2 with a 133-103 rout at winless Dallas (0-4).
Greek star Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points and Khris Middleton added 20 to lead the Milwaukee Bucks over visiting Charlotte 103-94. The Greek has cracked 30 points in every game for the 3-1 Bucks.
With 147 points over the first four games of the season for the Bucks, Antetokounmpo broke the club's four-game season-opening scoring mark of 146 points by Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from 1972.
Mike Conley hit two 3-pointers in a pivotal 13-0 Memphis run in the fourth quarter to help the Grizzlies rally past host Houston 98-90. Spaniard Marc Gasol led Memphis (3-0) with 26 points while Conley added 17.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points to lead five double-figure scorers as the San Antonio Spurs downed visiting Toronto 101-97. Dejounte Murray had 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Spurs.
Bradley Beal scored 20 points and John Wall added 19 and 12 rebounds to power Washington to a 109-104 victory at Denver, Wall's two free throws with seven seconds remaining sealing the triumph for the 3-0 Wizards.
At Miami, Josh Richardson scored 21 points and Wayne Ellington netted 19 of his 20 points in the second quarter to lead the Miami Heat over Atlanta 104-93.
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